Help with Word document formatting.....

Is there a way, using Word that I can underline “Alexandria, VA” without the underline being raised? (for some reason it's a bit lowered when posted in dvdtalk)

Ex. _________Alexandria_______

The first underlines are the shift+- key, whereas the “Alexandria” is done with control+u.

I am filling out an application and would rather do it electronically than by hand. Any ideas? I was thinking of saving it as a pdf, but that screws up the formatting and I still can’t figure out how to put text on top of the line. Thanks